[Event "Women's Candidates Tmt, Vrnjacka Banja"] [Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"] [Date "1961.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lisa Lane"] [Black "Alexandra Nicolau van der Mije"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B68"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.20 (10s)"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1961.10.27"] {B68: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer Attack} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 {This is the the Richter–Rauzer Attack; it threatens to double black's Ps byBxf6 and forestalls the once dreaded Dragon by rendering 6. ..g6 unplayable.} e6 {It was after this that Vsevolod Rauzer introduced the modern plan of Qd2 and 0-0-0 in the 1930s. White's pressure on the d6-Pawn often forces black to respond to Bxf6 with ...gxf6, rather than recapturing with a piece (e.g. the Q on d8) that also has to defend the d-Pawn.} 7. Qd2 { Paul Keres favored the interesting alternative 7.Qd3 with the possibility of someday playing Qg3.} a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. a3 {The immediate 11.Bxf6 is more common, but the text is not bad.} b4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Bxf6 {The alternative 13.Bc4 gives black a wide choice of satisfactory replies.} (13. Kb1 $14 h6 14. Bh4 Rb8 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 {is equal. Shankland,S (2713)-Maghsoodloo,P (2656) Biel 2019}) 13... Qa5 (13... gxf6 { was preferable.} 14. Bc4 {White has played other moves here, buit this is best as the chances are equal.} Rb8) 14. Kb1 (14. Bxe7 $2 {is a self mate.} Qa1+ 15. Nb1 Na2#) 14... gxf6 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Be2 Ba4 {The threat to c2 is an illusion. 16...Qb6 was correct.} 17. f5 {Black's K is in a precarious situation...it's not completely safe in the center nor the K-side.} O-O 18. Rhf1 e5 {This leaves her K-side fatally weakened. She had to try 18...Kh8} 19. Nb3 {Well played! This beats back black's Q-side demonstration and exposes the d-Pawn.} Bxb3 20. cxb3 Rfd8 {White must now prevent ...d5!} 21. Bc4 $1 {She could also have prevented ...d5 with 21.Bf3, but the B is much more aggressively placed on c4.} Rc5 22. Rf3 {Threatening mate with Qh6.} Bf8 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Qe2 { Adding the Q to the attack, but 24.Bxf7 was equally good.} d5 {Sher finally gets in ...d5, but it's too late to do any good.} 25. exd5 Qc7 {Black Q-side attacking gesture has been a failure, her center is destroyed and her K-side is fatally weakened. The game game been a complete debacle.} 26. Qg4 Bh6 27. Qh5 Bg7 28. d6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 {Overlooking 29.Qg4 with mate to follow.} Qxd6 30. Qxf7 Qf8 31. Qxf8+ {Black resigned. A nice attacking game by Lane.} 1-0